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CUBAN DERBY CANDIDATES Conditions of the Race Make Blue Wrack Top Weight Imposts of the Others Spence SpenceBuys Buys Surplice and Bagdadine Bagdadinefor for Brood Mares HAVANA Cuba March 17 The racing secretary 1 is announced tho weights of tin eligible to the 10000 Cuban Derby which will have its inaugural running oil tin closing day of the meeting Sunday March 8 Tinier the conditions of the race vinnors of S10000 are penalized while nonwinners if a race of SlOOO other than selling or claiming ire allowed six pounds Horses which did not win a race up to December 1 hist year nre to carry 10S pounds and maidens beaten tliree or more times lictween December 1 last year and the day of the Derby to carry 10 10i i pounds Geldings allowed three pounds and fillies five pounds The eligible ntul present weights are areIliie Iliie Wrack 117 Grayssian IIS Klack Prince IK Sea Hat Ill Kavensea 112 Duke of Welling ¬ ton Ill Horace Ierch 111 1olar Cnl 111 Ford 311 Mess Kit IDS Ilerron 10S Orleans Girl 117 Mile Dazie 107 Kulah F 107 Miss Iji Kite M 107 Clearing fp 103 Drapery 1 Koseland 101 Mighty Lever 101 Night Thought 111 111Uay Uay Speneo lias bought from II Howon the mares Surplice and llagdadinc and will ship UKHI at the close of tin meeting to the 1iatt and Can Farm near Lexington to be used as brood mares Moth light to prove highly successful in this respect Surplice isoxtremely fashionable in breeding being by Fair Play Surcingle while Pagdadiue is by Mint Hock by Hook Sand dam the Meddler mare Kiillnt bred the latter a daughter of the famous Holdame which was the best filly of her day and won Slllll70 on the turf turfLegal Legal developed an acute case of gastritis right after the running of the Grand National Handicap Sunday but is reported out of danger dangerKay Kay Spence has lent jockey L Woods to II K Davis The boy will accompany the Davis stable when shipped to Tijuana in the course of a few days Davis has added to his stable by purchase from the Kent mere Farms the threeyearold filly Cuba CubaMess Mess Kit the Milt that was expected to carry the Armonia Stables colors in the Cuban Derby pulled up lame in i recent workout and may have to be declared out of the big race raceStarter Starter James Milton whose work here has been of the giltedged variety has IMCII notified of his appointment as starter at the rimlico meeting and will also send the fields away at the Havre de Grace meeting meetingHerron Herron the Horron Mizzle colt John McCafferty brought to Cuba last fall loomed up as a dangerous competitor for the 510000 Derby to be run on the closing day of the mooting1 when he galloped home an easy winner in the fourth race Tuesday Jlerron conceded lumps of weight to the other starters and won under restraint He is u fast colt and a weight carrier carrierVic Vic MIIIIOZ which Whitney bred twoyearold is named after the sporting editor of the El Mundo lias kept improving witli racing and it seems he may develop into a useful racer racerPeasant Peasant was claimed Tuesday by 1 H Coombs for 1 rrO rrOCarmodys Carmodys arm which was sprained when he fell from Kacoarat is painful and he may not ride for several days